If Sam Querrey entertained any thoughts of pocketing the $1 million bonus for sweeping the singles and doubles titles in the BNP Paribas Open, he can forget them.
Querrey, a 30-year-old San Francisco native, and Gilles Muller, a 34-year-old left-hander from Luxembourg, lost to Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-4, 6-4 today in the quarterfinals at Indian Wells.
Querrey is very unlikely to win the singles title anyway. Seeded No. 18, he will meet No. 32 Milos Raonic, the 2016 runner-up to Novak Djokovic, on Friday at noon (ESPN) in the quarterfinals.
Also, looming are sixth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro in Querrey's half of the draw and top-seeded Roger Federer in the other half.
No other man or woman remains alive in both singles and doubles.
Cuevas and Zeballos are scheduled to face seventh-seeded Bob and Mike Bryan on Friday at about 4 p.m. The Bryan twins, former Stanford stars who will turn 40 next month, seek their third Indian Wells title.
Veteran journalist Paul Bauman, based in Sacramento, covers Northern California professional, collegiate and junior tennis. Contact him at norcaltennisczar@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @norcaltenczar.
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